Hi there. I just wanna say for the record that I’m not anti-talk therapy per se. It may be right for some sz’s, but I had a bad experience. Depends on what we mean by the term, I guess. I find psychoanalysis not a good solution to sz symptoms, but that’s just me. I think CBT is a very great kind of therapy, on the other hand. I get classes in it every week, plus individual sessions weekly. It’s just traditional psychotherapy I find unhelpful.
If somebody wants to jump in and shred me, fine, but I’m not writing this to provoke a fight. Merely to explain my position. I personally think medication and CBT are the best treatments. I don’t expect anybody else to agree or disagree. Thanks.
therapy is dumb, all I did was sat there and talked and she wrote it all down, why I do not know, there was never an assessment or advice or anything. One day I went in and just sat there and didn’t talk and just stared at her, thinking maybe she had time to review all those notes and give me advice. Nothing, we were silent for over 10 minutes until she asked me what I wanted to talk about. So I guess I did, she asked me a few questions, just so she’d chime in, waste of time, money and effort.
Yeah everyone is different. I personally quite like mindfulness but can find it hard to do sometimes. I’ve done CBT for a while and it stopped my self mutilating behaviours. I attend a group now but it is mostly unstructured. We get free rain to talk about anything we want and have the support of others in the group. There is generally the psychiatrist who helps facilitate it, asks challenging questions and raises interesting points. And there is usually another mental health care worker who does the same thing but from a more psychologist point of view. I quite like this group. I’ve found it very beneficial. But for others, it may not be their cup of tea. You just don’t know how something is going to turn out until you give it a try.
CBT helps me with paranoia. Three chief cognitive distortions: personalization, mind reading, and catastrophizing. When I catch myself doing these, I can stop a paranoid episode from happening. Just this evening, at the convenience store, it took my transaction a long time. The guy behind me paid with cash and disgustedly said, “Keep the change.” But I don’t personalize that… much (ha-ha!).
What’s the difference between psychoanalysis and CBT?
I also am OK with CBT. Just a chance to explore your thinking and behaviour.
But I’ve never done psychoanalysis.
Psychoanalysis is the old Freudian approach. It digs deep into one’s subconscious. My current therapist says the mind is a scary place not to venture into alone.
I like a mixture of therapy. I like to be able to explore myself when it’s helpful to do so but wouldn’t want it shoved down my throat if I was feeling vulnerable at that moment. I find psychotherapy beneficial in relieving stress. It feels good to get it out. I have a tendency to hide my feelings. I’ve been known to hide my feelings even from myself and then rupture at the seams and never know what hit me. Psychotherapy really helps diffuse that for me. It puts me in touch with the emotions I’ve become so good at ignoring. Other forms of therapy are more pragmatic and I’m down with that too.
I’m in a mixture of cbt and cpt therapy. I fully agree talk therapy is bs. Ya gotta go in there and rip out the roots of your illness so you can see what you’re dealing with and a professional can direct you on how to change that distorted thinking as much as you can. That means you both are involved and sometimes ya gotta just listen though it makes you feel uncomfortable. @Borath haven’t seen ya around or have I missed yas?
True, I’ve been away a couple of weeks. I got a warning from someone about being against talk therapy, so I cooled it for awhile. Well it seems every member here has a totally different experience with their therapist, so I’m not anti. But I do think the client – you and I – have a say in the direction the therapy goes. I have a very good CBT therapist now with whom I can be totally open without being pushed to a decision this way or that. She is 68yo yet very young in spirit. Not a dark and oppressive force in my life. And BTW I had a great day yesterday.
Seen any recent pics of Geddy Lee? I have: looks like a ghost by now, ha ha!
its worse here in uk, because of the cuts. this last few months i started therepy but, they said they retiring or taking secondment because the building getting sold and the NHS is just so overwhelmed that theres nothingfor people like us. ive never had help before and now it seems to have been taken off me just because of cuts .it sucks.
I have found my regular psych meetings very helpful, I can talk whatever and sometimes I get good advices. I think that my talk with my psych people about myself and any problems is very helpful. I am satisfied how our psych clinic operates.
